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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 506, 5 October 1912, Page 4

Cricketers and supporters of the game at Te Kuiti are reminded of the annual meeting of the Te Kuiti Cricket Club, which will take place in the Chronicle office on Tuesday evening next. A cordial invitation is extended to all intending members. We notice that some of the buyers of the Sunnyside estate sections are not wasting any time, the timber for residence being now carted on to the ground. There are, we understand, one or two choice sections still for sale.

The Rev. R. B. Gosnell, who is in charge of the Methodist Missioii at Te Kuiti, and who was recently ordered away for a health trip, has spent some weeks at the Bay of Islands, and has benefitted considerably by the change. Acting under medical advice Mr Gosnell is taking a trip to Sydney, and will be absent from Te Kuiti for some weeks yet.

The sub-dividing of properties in Te Kuiti into building sections is proceeding steaidiy, and the section owned by Messrs Kobison and Co. opposite the bowling green, is shortly to be placed on the market. The subdivisions have already been surveyed and tenders are called for tho formation of road through the property. Intending contractors will be shown over the work by Mr A. Julian. Hot dry weather conditions continue at Sydney and rain is badly needed. An indication of the effect of the late drought on the pastoral area is afforded by the fact that the number of bales of wool which reached Sydney during the last three months was 76,222 less than the number received during the corresponding period of last year.

Iri reply to a question the Prime Minister (Hon. W. P. Massey) stated in the House that arrangements are being made for butter manufactured from whey to ba exported under a separate boand from "creamery" butter. Gare will be taken to see that "whey" butter, if exported, will be known as such, so a3 not to interfere with or affect the high standard of New Zealand-made "creamery" butter. Readers' attention is called to an advertisement in to-day's issue, of Mr J. R. Graham's sale at Otorohanga on Friday next. Entries will be received right up to time of sale, but will not be advertised. Just refer to my rnonev - saving price-list on page (i of this issue. Good for you—small profits for J. E. Hillary, cash grocer, Te Kuiti.* Messrs Pattison and Lockington, furnishers of Te Kuiti, wish to inform the public that they have just landed, direct from America a shipment of the latest and most up-to-date folding gocarts. The«e carts are beautifully designed and finished and have ball bearings. Prices to suit everyone. At the last meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations, Mr Ross' suggestion that members should assist the association by giving an animal, to be sold at auction, was received with approval. Mr Ross thought that members should sell whatever animal they were prepared to Jonate, at the nearest sale yard on what sale day they wished, and stated that he was prepared _ tc suit a beast at the next Pio Pio sale, for the benefit of the association. Just about two years Jigo Mr J. R. Graham, our local auctioneer, came amongst us and as the result, of practical knowledge of business and close attention to all work entrusted to his care, and upright dealing, he has built up a'large connection, and \vith characteristic enterpiso has now opened a branch in the adjoining township of Otorohanga. Mr Graham believes that our sister town has a good future in front of it, and thi'nks it good business to get there. I We wish him success in his venture/. Particulars of his sale dates wil'c appear in duo course. In a recont case herard at Waitara, in which a man was /accused of stealing a case of whistky seized by the police, the fact was elicited that although it waa a 'prohibited district the township of A-.wakino was fairly littered with whisjky bottles. When a resident got a case in it was the custom to invite ?tll his friends to join in a symposium. Mostly they drank whisky neat. M any people who have sojourned in the prohibited area aver that owing,? to the difficulty of detection matteirs will never righted until prohibition is removed altogether. Properly conducted hotels would, they ht)ld, make far more for law and order j and decency than the present illicit-/ trade which is carried on. 1

Major Crouch, in an article in the Army Review, says that the enormous difficulties in connection with tho introduction of compulsory military training in Australia was surmounted with remarkably little friction. Tho response to the law wan hearty and sympathetic, and tho lads had vastly improved by the training. On Thursday last two horses wero killed at Te Kuili, one meeting its fato on the King street bridge; the other taking fright (lie borough road roller near tho iiuarry, ran into a fence and broke its neck. The horse killed on the bridge belonged to Mr Callaghan, county foreman. It had got loose and was crossing tho bridge when it met a dray loaded with metal. When abreast of tho dray it endeavoured to turn, and in doing so collided with tho dray and a mix-up occurred, with the result that tho horse sustained a broken leg, and a friendly bullet put an end to it sull'ering.

In connection with the placing in order of the main street of Tc Kuiti, the Borough engineer recommends the adoption of a footpath IS feet wide, and a roadway for vehicular traffic •!() feet in width, leaving a space adjoining the railway of <IJ feet, which i'iui be planted in grass and shrubs. in the. centre of the ornamental space provision is made for a six-foot path. A somewhat similar plan is recommended for King street between Uora street and the bridge where tho road has a width of one and ahali" chains. Tho ornamental space in King streets will occupv the centre of the. street for width of ;>f> feet. This will allow of a 12 feet path on each side of tho street, and a roadway on each sido of 20 feet. The onamental centre bosides reducing the cost of street formation will help considerably to allay tho dust nuisance, which is so prevalent in the town in summer.